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Originally Posted by RCBS
you nailed it. we were all brought up to believe that dodge chevy & fords are not just the best, but the only thing you should drive if you're a "true American". i think this dogma applies to a lot more than just trucks these days. america is not "first" in much of anything anymore...manufacturing, health care, economy...but the people that live here "wouldn't trade it for anything else". most of the people who will make this statement, have never seen or known anything else about the world other than what they see on network TV, which i'm sure is not biased at all. my point is that America needs to wake up. we aren't the best anymore. i've not traveled the world or anything, hell i don't even have a passport, but i'm smart enough to know that just because "that's the way it's always been" is changing to "this is how it's gonna be". sorry for soapbox.
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Seriously, how can you comment on such things when you've never traveled?
I'll put it this way: What's your definition of "first"? What criteria is used to come to that conclusion? We DO have the best system of government, a democratic republic (socialism and communism are miserable failures time and time again). We DO have the best healthcare system in the world (since you haven't been to Europe, you don't understand that in the UK you typically wait 6 months for a doctors appointment or up to a year for an MRI; I have friends who come here once a year for vacation and healthcare). Economy, we've had unprecedented growth in the last few years. Sure, things have slowed down in the last year but come one, stop reading the paper and watching the news because all you get is doomsday predictions that are simply unrealistic. For example, do you honestly think that 95% of the population being employed is bad? Check out France where an 8% unemployment rate is cause for celebration. When was the last time a news organization made money giving us good news?
I will agree with your initial statement regarding the domestics. I personally will not buy something just because it's American made. I'll buy what I WANT and what's best for ME, not what's best for Joe Blow the Detroit factory worker making $35/hour to pop some rivets on an assembly line.
Come on, folks. Life is great here. Turn off the TV and live it.